Mandiant Tackles Ransomware and Breaches With New Tools
Mandiant announced two new Mandiant Advantage services to fight ransomware and data breaches during the annual Cyber Defense Summit. The new software-as-a-service offerings — Active Breach & Intel Monitoring...
Aerospace, Telecommunications Companies Victims of Stealthy Iranian Cyber-Espionage Campaign
A previously unknown advanced persistent threat group likely backed by the Iranian government has been quietly carrying out a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign against aerospace and telecommunication companies since at...
5-Year Breach May Have Exposed Billions of Text Messages
Major telecommunications provider Syniverse, which routes billions of text messages each year for providers including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, has revealed it is the victim of a five-year-long security...
Space ISAC and NY Metro InfraGard Members Alliance Announce Collaboration to Advance the Mission...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) and the New York Metro InfraGard Members Alliance (NYM-IMA)...
What the CEO Saw: Colonial Pipeline, Accellion Execs Share Cyberattack War Stories
MANDIANT CYBER DEFENSE SUMMIT - Washington, D.C. - Joe Blount, president and CEO of Colonial Pipeline, says as soon as he learned that his company had been hit by...
New Kaspersky Service Delivers Cyberthreat Insights on Request
Woburn, MA — October 7, 2021 — Kaspersky’s new Ask the Analyst service will allow businesses to reach out to the company’s researchers for their opinions and guidance on...
Rapid RYUK Ransomware Attack Group Christened as FIN12
Its ransomware targets are big, averaging $6 billion in revenue. It deploys ransomware more rapidly than most groups, within 2.5 days. Healthcare organizations are among its main targets. This...
Microsoft: 58% of Nation-State Cyberattacks Come From Russia
Russia is the source of the lion's share of nation-state cyberattacks Microsoft has observed in the past year (58%), followed by North Korea (23%), Iran (11%), China (8%), and South...
‘FontOnLake’ Malware Family Targets Linux Systems
A previously unknown malware family dubbed FontOnLake is targeting systems running Linux, ESET researchers found.
FontOnLake uses "custom and well-designed modules," malware analyst Vladislav Hrčka wrote in a blog post...
North American Orgs Hit With an Average of 497 Cyberattacks per Week
New data released this week confirms what numerous others have reported as a massive surge in attacks against organizations worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic forced dramatic changes to workplace...
